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F-35 adds to Luke's vital role in Valley economy By CAROLYN DRYER EDITOR When the rollout of the first F-35 Joint Strike Fighter was announced and a big event was held in December at the Lockheed-Martin production facility in Fort Worth, there was a lot of excitement in the West Valley as well. It was a triumphant occasion. West Valley communities had fought long and hard since 2000 to keep Luke Air Force Base open and out of reach of the Base Realignment and Closure process. Luke Forward was initiated, and West Valley mayors and their staffs put in long hours and held countless strategy meetings to ensure Luke would be one of the major training bases for the fifth-generation jet fighter known as the F-35. Well, the base did one better.
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The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter makes its debut in March at Luke Air Force Base. Right, Col. Jeremy Sloane, Vice Commander, 56th Fighter Wing, Luke Air Force Base, speaks to the audience at the Glendale Chamber of Commerce monthly breakfast meeting about the mission at Luke and its economic impact.
It became the prime training base, No. 1, and now is poised to become the pride of the Air Force with its tradition of training the best pilots and maintainers in the country.
To tell the story of the base and the F-35, Col. Jeremy Sloane, vice commander of the 56th Fighter Wing, gave a presentation June 4 as keynote speaker for the Glendale Chamber of
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airmen, upon completing their basic training, and eight months out of that training, are expected to be ready to sit in the cockpit of
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LUKE: Valley economy thrives with base contributions, From 1 an F-16 aircraft and be capable of firing a weapon. “All of a sudden that call comes,” Sloane said. And that’s just after a month of being deployed in the field. A pilot is flying 600 mph, he gets a call from a person speaking English, but not the English he is accustomed to. It is a member of the NATO alliance, and he needs a bomb on target right now. “That’s the scenario after graduation,” Sloane said. That is why everybody at Luke is focused in on the mission. And there are many individuals to make the mission successful. The base produces 299 F-16 pilots annually; 235 go through Air Control Squadron initial qualification training; 350 become F-16 crew chief-mission ready airmen; and 42 complete nurse commissioning training; while 79 become intelligence professionals for the F-16 top off. Sloane noted that one-fourth of Air Force nurses come from Luke. For its training missions, Luke utilizes Barry M. Goldwater Range East Complex, which is comparable in size to the state of Connecticut. This past year, there were 52,000 sorties and
Low-observable characteristics of the F-35:
- Low-emission radar avionics - Low observable seams, RAM seams - Curved inlets, buried engine - Aircraft shaping and edge alignment - Reduced signature nozzle - Internally carried weapons - Imbedded antennas
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F-35 in flight during one of its initial flights at Luke Air Force Base.
86,000 events that took place at the range. The Air Force is in the 10year process of BLM renewal on the space to extend to 2024. The range is vital to the training mission at Luke, and the F-35 training mission is being integrated into training for longrange flights. Sloane said Luke personnel are always working with partners off the base in the community and conducts 130 tours annually with 3,000 visitors. It offers a speakers bureau and
attends 165 events and hosts 155,500 guests on an annual basis. It also conducts 65 flyovers with an audience of 3.1 million (fiscal year 2012). It also hosts an open house every two years with total attendance of approximately 250,000. Luke partners with cities and offers the services of its military working dogs, fire and emergency response and explosive ordnance support. Luke personnel attend periodic meetings with Luke West Valley Council, extends a courtesy
flight to various individuals that are invited to join the Honorary Commanders Program, and coordinates airmen and family services through its relationship with Fighter Country Partnership. Harking back to the year 2000, Sloane reminded the audience of a time when Luke was on the chopping block, when the Base Realignment and Closure process was conducting an assessment of various military bases throughout the country. There were complaints about noise from the F-16. But communities got together, and soon, legislation was passed to protect the base from encroaching development. It was the 65s line. “Anything built within that line was prohibited,” Sloane said, “basically a 10-mile segment around the base.” That was in 2008 as the mar-
ket turned down. Now, with the market upturn, Sloane said those voices regarding aircraft noise will be heard again. In the meantime, the aircraft count at Luke will be brought down to 100 as F-16s are shipped to Holloman AFB in New Mexico. Then, the base will start building back up the aircraft count with the F-35. The base does not just stand alone. It brings its value outside the base perimeter fence. Its direct, indirect, or induced impacts include: - Payroll: $448 million/year - Contracts: $52.7 million/ year - Purchases: $276.7 million/year - Utilities: $5.3 million/year - Medical: $159 million/year - Education assistance: $2 million/year - 28,874 retirees within 50
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LUKE: Base continues to build training facilities for F-35 pilots, From 2 miles ($55 million retiree payments/year) In all, the base has a $2 billion economic impact per year, Sloane said, or the equivalent of about four Super Bowls. As for the F-35 being what some may call a “splurge,” Sloane said the F-35 is “a very important thing we’re doing. He pointed out the F-35 is needed, not only for its capabilities, but to make sure the defense complex is looking ahead to the fifth generation. There are now two F-35 aircraft at Luke with two to six more coming in the month of June. Comparing the F-35 with the F-16, Sloane said there is not much difference between the two when it comes to flying, saying they have the same sort of turning radius. But most important, he said, was the F-35 fuses all of its information and puts it into action at one time. It has low-observable design mixed with advanced avionics and data links. The F-35 has large capacity in-
ternal fuel tanks – 12,000 to 13,000 pounds of fuel to allow for a one- to twohour flight. Low-observable characteristics of the F-35: - Low-emission radar avionics - Low observable seams, RAM seams - Curved inlets, buried engine - Aircraft shaping and edge alignment - Reduced signature nozzle - Internally carried weapons - Imbedded antennas There are three different models of the F-35: CTOL, STOVL and CV. The Air Force model is the CTOL. All have commonalities which keep costs down on parts. Although the Air Force model is lighter when empty at 29,036 pounds, its internal fuel capacity of 18,200 pounds is in the mid-range of the three models. The Navy model CV has an internal fuel capacity of 20,085 pounds, and its wing span of 668 square feet is 208 square feet larger than the
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As Glendale Mayor Jerry Weiers looks on at right, Lt. Col. Mike Ebner and SSgt Douglas Bays hold the American Flag that 56 people passed from one person to another. The 56 people represented the various components of the 56th Fighter Wings and their partners in the West Valley. Each passing of the flag represented the collective efforts to build the first F-35. That effort started at the Lockheed Martin facility in Ft. Worth Texas, and finished in Glendale March 14.
Air Force model. In all aspects, however, all F-35 models are stealth and low observable. They have 80 percent commonality across the variants: - Common airframe, hardware/software, maintenance, and training - Future upgrades and software updates more easily incorporated - Allows more efficient
test and checkout procedures Sloane admitted the multiple-phased production at Lockheed Martin’s facility in Fort Worth may not be the best way, citing each F-35 is coming out of the plant with individual problems. However, as one Canadian pilot said in December at Fort Worth, when
the first F-35 was rolled out for its eventual trip to Luke, he could not believe how much information was in front of him once he put on his helmet. All of the information a pilot needs to have to maneuver and utilize all of the components of the F-35 are there. All of the information from the ground up is on an 8-by-20 display
screen in addition to the display in the helmet. Reactivation of the 61st Fighter Squadron “Top Dogs” took place Oct. 25. The 61st Fighter Squadron/61st AMU building was completed Dec. 13. The F-35 arrived at Luke March 14. The first local F-35 sortie was flown May 14. By June 14, there will be four to eight F-35 aircraft at Luke. Sloane said the academic training center at Luke, what he called the Taj Mahal of the F-35 training program, will have 12 advanced simulators. The build will continue until there are six AMU squadrons on base. To help with the local economy, the top 10 Arizona contractors at Luke AFB for fiscal year 2013 were paid $15.293 million. Add to that, the $90 million awarded to small businesses and $240 million to $260 million in construction contracts. It all adds up to Luke being a viable economic engine for the Valley.
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Blue Blazer a Champion developer, Honorary Commander
Fighter Country Partnership is proud to feature Ricky Lyons, Conductor and Enthusiast, Champion. He is an alumni member of the Honorary Commander Program, and a Blue Blazer of Fighter Country Partnership’s Blue Blazer Squadron. In 1999, Ricky commenced operations of Champion as a real estate development firm located and operating from Scottsdale, Arizona. He capitalized this new entity with a group of partners and a team who brought differing experiences to Champion, enhancing all of its experiences. Ricky started his career practicing law with Witten Law Firm in Edmonton, Alberta from 1969 to 1983. As a senior partner, he represented Canada’s premier real estate developers, initiating and completing significant real estate transactions throughout western Canada. Projects included acquisition, entitlement, major tenant leasing, financing and (in some cases) sale of the
projects. In 1983, Ricky and his family moved to Scottsdale, Arizona. Prior to the formation of Champion, he developed several other projects in the Phoenix market. Wi t h i n C h a m p i o n , Ricky has created The Champion Advocacy Experiences™, umbrella’d by The Champion Experience™ resulting in Remarkable Delivery™. These “Experiences” are the driving force that in turn empowers Team Champion™ members. Current projects are located in Gilbert, Chandler and Surprise. This year Champion plans to continue developing pads at Marley Park Square in Surprise, continue its work to act as Owner Representative and Asset Manager for third party owner projects (retail and office and charter and private schools) and QSR, restaurant and single user transactions. More information on their active commercial real estate developments can be found here. Ricky Lyons was invited
Ricky Lyons next to a 309th FS Viper at Luke AFB
by the 56th Fighter Wing Commander to become an Honorary Commander for the 2008-2010 (2-year) term. He was assigned to the 756th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. His daughter, Alisa Lyons, was already an Honorary Commander assigned to the 56th Training Squadron for the previous term. She had invited her father to attend various base events. He became so interested in everything going on at the base that when he was nominated for the Honorary Commander
program he jumped at the opportunity. “I did not know anything about Luke AFB prior to Alisa’s appointment as an Honorary Commander,” Lyons said. “Living in the East Valley, I did not know the significance the base’s mission had on the West Valley, the Valley as a whole, the state of Arizona and National Security. “As a developer, we have a significant investment in a commercial development within Marley Park. Alisa was asked to be an Honorary Commander.
I was just about to sign a deal to build a daycare center at that location. Then, at Alisa’s induction, I came to understand the critically important mission of Luke and how development on our property with a day care center could have a negative impact on Luke’s ability to perform its mission. The daycare center was located within the noise contours—the Air Installation Compatibility Use Zone. I immediately went to the daycare operator and explained, ‘We can’t go
there.’ I got religion. “When I received my letter of invitation from the wing commander and found out I was assigned to the 756th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (756 AMXS), I had no idea what 756 AMXS was. I thought I might be assigned to a fighter squadron. I am glad I wasn’t because I was so privileged to be a member of a maintenance squadron with hundreds of young airmen assigned to keep the F-16’s flying, while training the world’s best crew chiefs. These airmen inspire me. I became friends with many officers in the squadron as well as the airmen and noncommissioned officers (NCOs). It was the largest squadron on base. I am so proud to be their Honorary Commander.” When asked what one of his most memorable squadron events was as an Honorary Commander he explained, “There was a Large Force Exercise (LFE) taking place at the
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GCC and ASU collaborate to better serve veterans Veterans: Transitioning to student status not easy By CAROLYN DRYER EDITOR Students fresh out of high school have three choices: go to college, find a job, or join the military. Veterans fresh out of the military face two choices: go to college or find a job. Going to college may take a while because you have to make a living. But once you’ve found a way to pay your bills, college could become a logical choice. Sounds easy, right? The transition is a little more difficult that one might think. For one, most of the students that sit with you in class, or walk across campus with you are younger. That makes sharing experiences somewhat uncomfortable. Then, there is that paperwork involved in getting school paid for. There’s the GI bill, which requires identification, verification of service, and all of the prerequisites for obtaining course payment. If there is a veteran service
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Mark von Hagen, founding director for Office of Veterans and Military Engagement, questions ASU student Chris Ratcliff, ASU faculty member Sean Frankie, and student Stephen Jimenez during a panel discussion in April at ASU West.
center to help clear a path, that eases some of the strain. A recent gathering at Arizona State University West helped veterans from the university and veterans from Glendale Community College tell their stories and share experiences they have had at both campuses since they left active duty. A video of a day at a U.S. Marine Corps boot camp started off the discussion and gave
viewers a glimpse of military life, which helped create a comfortable mood before serious talk began. Sean Frankie from the ASU Alumni Association and a faculty member of the Gateway campus, said, “Veterans have had a different life experience than regular students.” ASU history professor Mark von Hagen, founding director for Office of Veterans and Military
Engagement, who moderated the ASU West discussion last month, said the university now has 3,000 veteran students. “We’re expecting twice that many in the next few years,” von Hagen said. “I hope this office overcomes the gap between veterans (1 percent) and 99 percent of the students. He teaches World War I and World War II history. To start the discussion, three
panel members from each of the college campuses introduced themselves and related their experiences in the service and at school. Reed Webber, a U.S. Army veteran and student at GCC, said, “Since I was a little kid, I wanted to be in the military.” He joined the service at 17, and spent four years in the military. “9/11 hit me pretty hard,” he said. “Coming back to school was difficult.” He was wounded in Afghanistan and is a Purple Heart recipient. GCC student Whitney Danielson said there was a big problem with the military. “We go in right after high school, so all we learn is how to be in the military,” she said. “Out of military to school; other students are right out of high school. Being around more than 10 or 15 people is very hard for me. The professor looks at me as if I have a bomb in my hand.” Becket Aguilar, joined the U.S. Marine Corps May 7, 1995. In the 1990s, he acquired 54 credits at GCC. He had a family. As a Desert Storm veteran, he qualified for vocational
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rehabilitation. He went to school in his 20s, then took a hiatus, and started back to school last year. He attends college at GCC and ASU West. He was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and does not like sitting in the middle of a classroom. “I’m always in a self-defense mode,” Aguilar said. Stephen Jimenez, a student at ASU, said he, too, had always wanted to be a soldier. He joined the National Guard at 17. He has served three tours in Afghanistan and one tour in Iraq. He was discharged with a brain injury, and has appointments with a doctor three days a week. “My mom talked me into going to school,” Jimenez said. He is married with three children. Jimenez took psychology classes and now it is his major. Frankie is originally from Glendale. Like other veterans, he joined the military at age 17. He was on active duty with the U.S. Marine Corps, served three tours in Iraq and retired at
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Becket Aguilar, Whitney Danielson and Reed Webber talked about their experiences in the military and on the GCC campus.
age 38. He was trained in communications. “I tried school,” Frankie said, “and found I liked it.” He had already earned a bachelor’s degree when he was 33. When he retired last year July 1, 17 days later he was a full-time graduate student at California Polytechnic, where students were 15 to 20 years younger. He came back to Arizona, went to work for ASU, and is now “the veterans’ go-to person at Gateway.” He is now closer to transitioning to a professional career.
Chris Ratcliff, vice president of the ASU West Student Veterans Organization, said, “It’s hard to speak, coming from where we come from. We went through a lot. We were told to suck up and move on. My father was drafted, got out, and retired a full bird colonel last year. Military has always been in my bloodline.” Ratcliff re-enlisted in 2000, and was a military analyst, in counter narcotics, served in Kosovo during a deescalating incident, and served one tour in Iraq with the 1st Infantry Division.
“Coming to school, I fell victim to a profit school,” Ratcliff said. “There was very little or no counseling on how to use your benefits properly. I came to ASU West. The culture is very different. I was used to going to one place to get information I seek. Some resources are only in Tempe.” Von Hagen said veterans are real human beings that have experiences a lot of college students don’t have. He said people put yellow ribbons on their houses and thank veterans for their service, but do not
understand their situations when it comes to transitioning. He outlined various classes available at ASU for veterans. Jimenez said he liked the GCC veteran set-up, a one-stop shop, not assembly line like it is at ASU. Webber agreed the onestop shop at GCC helped him. He has a Purple Heart waiver. Danielson admitted she has had off days and goes into the veteran center at GCC and has a shoulder to cry on. Aguilar said the GCC veteran center is “topnotch, free-standing.” “In a sense,” Aguilar said, “we’re more comfortable with other veterans.” He said he thought when he came to ASU, it would be bigger and better, “but it’s just the opposite.” Aguilar said he wants to talk about his needs in a more personal setting. “My whole point,” Aguilar said, “GCC is an amazing facility. Not so at ASU. But, I’m thankful for all the services.” The panel of veterans were asked to comment
about advice they had received or decisions they had made about what they want to do with their degrees. Webber said he was not sure. He said one obstacle at the GCC veterans center is that the advisor did not know what to do with his military transcript, and he did not receive credit for all his military courses. He also has trouble staying focused and staying on track. His short-term memory is “bad” from the tears inside his brain. Frankie said one instructor looked at him as if he were carrying a meat cleaver and others have treated him as if he were damaged goods. “My challenge,” Frankie said, “how much do we say and how do we say it?” He said, “When the opportunity comes up about your military service, raise your hand. Just be a person. Let people know while you are a vet, you have all the hopes and aspirations as anyone else.” See story about the GCC Veterans Service Center on page 8.
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GCC Veterans Service Center a source of pride By CAROLYN DRYER EDITOR
It is no secret. Veterans at Glendale Community College take pride in the veterans service center at their campus. A recent visit to the center revealed a place abuzz with activity, and also as a place for recent military retirees can relax among people with whom they can relate. A talk with officers of the GCC Veterans Support Coalition reinforces the comfort factor. Eddie Vasquez, vice president of VSC, and Antwon Woodcox, VSC treasurer, said their group is just one branch of a national organization, and each college has its own group affiliated with Student Veterans of America. Woodcox is an army veteran who served in Afghanistan, while Vasquez retired from the U.S. Marine Corps and served in Iraq. Woodcox is just a year out of the service. He’s
originally from Illinois and came to Arizona for school. A family member moved to Arizona before he did, and introduced him to Glendale. “The first thing I did was go to the enrollment center, sat through lines,” Woodcox said. “I met Eddie in algebra class.” Vasquez, a native Phoenician, is in his third semester, and he is planning on earning his bachelor of science in nursing at Northern Arizona University through the bridge program. “I love helping people,” Vasquez said. “It’s my natural passion.” He served a nine-month tour as a medic in Iraq, March 21 to Nov. 15, 2011. “I saw everything,” he said. “IED, gunshot wounds, little children being blown up, everything. What really got to me was the amount of innocent children, a few seconds later, a big explosion, then bringing in a child with limbs missing, blinded.
“With nearly 1,800 veterans, we’re the largest server of military students in the Valley. The biggest job we do is transfer students to a university. GCC is the biggest feeder to ASU of any of the community colleges.” - Irene Kovala President Glendale Community College
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“Actually seeing people you work with breaking down, suicidal, couldn’t take it anymore.” Vasquez said there was actual camaraderie with people in his platoon. “Like we were family,” he said. “I still call people I was deployed with here and back home. We go out to dinner, like a brother-
hood.” Reed Webber, a GCC student veteran who utilizes the center, sat and listened while Woodcox and Vasquez talked about their experiences and the veterans center. He echoed their positive words about the center and how it is a place of solace for student veterans.
The coalition began three years ago. Once a student government building, it was donated to the veterans service center 10 years ago. Dominique Pressley, president of the coalition, started taking the initiative as an officer to create a veteran student body. Dual enrollment students are welcome, Vasquez said, but the center is open to any veteran. “They like coming here,” Vasquez said. “It’s a welcoming environment. They do everything here: enrollment, counseling, adivisng, job seeking, talking, housing search.
“We keep the fridge stocked with food for hungry vets. All that’s here. That door is always open.” People come and donate food, cell phones, clothes, books. If students complete a course, they donate books. The center is open 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. five days a week. But staff will stay over to work with veterans. “They’ll find an answer,” Webber said. Vasquez said, “Considering vets’ cases, it’s not all black and white.
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GCC: Door is always open for veterans, From 8 They’ll make a date. ‘If you do this for us, we’ll have something by a certain date.’ If they don’t have the answer, they’ll find it. They have lots of patience.” “Our appearance of shortness of temper isn’t really,” Webber said. He spent 21 years in the army, almost 22 years, and retired Feb. 27, 2014. He met his wife while serving on an HOA board. He has lived in Peoria since 2004, the same house. Vasquez, 31, is single. Woodcox is also single, “but taken,” he said. Webber said once he graduates, he plans to come to the center, and especially if a freshman is at the center and needs guidance, “10 years from now.” Vasquez said, “After we leave here, we’ll put our stamp on it and keep it going.” Webber said the faculty at GCC has webinars for returning vets starting school. The target audience is faculty members to help them understand veterans’ situations when
they have them in their class. “It’s sensitivity training,” Webber said. “But more an acceptance training. As the war draws down, there will be more. If they come home, no jobs, but at least college. At least they get a supplemental income while in school. “One thing I’d like to see, the idea behind GCC and ASU combined, not only makes us stronger, we have our own demographics and needs. We support each other, not only on the educational side, we have a successful academic career, bring those groups into the Northwest Valley Veterans Association (the combined ASU/GCC group), and be able to participate together and help strengthen, not have to keep reinventing the wheel. It makes us all stronger and more successful.” As for change to make services better for veterans, Vasquez said today there are so many agencies, some need to be consolidated. He said the club at ASU West thinks
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the groups should be more together so they could accomplish more. He said the thought is to combine faculty and vets together and talk about veteran student issues only. Webber said the panel discussion held earlier at ASU West is the first step. “What I think they need to do,” Webber said, “is different from Antwon or Eddie, is to focus and
come up with a mission statement.” Vasquez said their group’s president “understood what we were trying to do, what we did with ASU West (the panel), he wants to do nationwide, break the barrier. We need that across the country.” “This was the first step in the right direction,” Webber said. “We’re going to get bigger because we’re coming
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base and Lt. Col. Timothy Trimmell, my Squadron Commander, invited me watch the launch. I could not attend that launch by the 310th Aircraft Maintenance Unit (part of the 756th Maintenance Squadron) who that day launched 22 of their 26 F-16’s. Amazing. Two months later the 308th AMU volunteered to launch all 26 of their F-16’s in support of another LFE. They did just that, all 26, all within an hour and a half - a very difficult task. “Trim took me to the flight line to watch the F-16s leave one after another and as they did, the he marked down every jet as they departed. Once the last plane had left for the end of the runway the Commander had all of his the Airmen of the AMU take notice. ‘None of your aircraft are on the ground right now,’ he said. ‘That is a very rare event and you should be very proud.’ All 26 F-16’s launched. Amazing and Awesome.” “A great credit to the expertise and excellence that is a hallmark of Luke,” Lyons said.
Lyons is passionate about being an Honorary Commander and is inspired by the camaraderie and formalities of the military. “There are two things everyone in this country should do,” Ricky said. “See a naturalization ceremony and attend a monthly promotion ceremony. Why? America would be a much better nation if we all understood why people want to move here (as my family did) and what it means to serve this great nation” (Luke AFB has a monthly military promotion ceremony of all Air Force ranks - airmen, NCOs and officers) “It’s a great thing to watch these military members get promoted. The entire squadrons come out to applaud their people. Every squadron has their own “warrior cry” when their people are announced. It’s a fun and inspiring event. “Whenever I go to the base for an event, I am always shaking Airmen’s hands and thanking them for their service,” Lyons said. “I also thank all military, active and veterans
Ricky Lyons at the 2010 Fiesta Bowl Parade carrying the U.S. Flag with his fellow Fighter Country Partnership Blue Blazers.
I see in the community every chance I get. If I see an Airman at a Starbucks I try to pay for coffee. While it makes me feel good to show my appreciation to the military, it is clear that Airmen appreciate when we speak to them and tell them how important they are to us, especially when it happens in casual places like a coffee shop or stopping them in an airport concourse, just to
say thanks.” Honorary Commander highlights for Lyons include tours of the Barry M. Goldwater Range, a civic leader tour to the U.S. Air Force Academy, flying on a KC-135 mid-air refueler while watching F-16s get their gas in mid-air, a trip to the Lockheed plant in Dallas to view the F-35 production and, of course, a flight in an F-16 aircraft our of Luke AFB (an honor
I will cherish and never forget). “I would be remiss not to mention two names of key people who worked tirelessly to get the F-35 to Luke AFB and they are Rusty Mitchell and Charley Freericks,” Lyons said. “They deserve so much credit for all they did.” Lyons also tries to integrate his squadron to the community so that they are able to learn more about the area they live. “I asked my squadron commander to bring several airmen to Champion’s office to meet the entire team,” he explained. “We talked about leadership and team building and learned about the leadership differences and similarities between the military and civilian experiences. After lunch we all went to the Scottsdale Gun Club for an afternoon of shooting. A great time was had by all. It was great to talk and meet with these terrific people outside the fence.” There are many events and activities Lyons either chaired or participated in that make the Blue Blazer
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World War II veteran tells his story of being a POW By SENIOR AIRMAN DEVANTE WILLIAMS 56TH FIGHTER WING PUBLIC AFFAIRS Everyone has a story. It could be a simple story or complex. Some may experience a moment that can change their lives forever. For retired Chief Master Sgt. Harold Bergbower, 26th Cavalry Regiment air mechanic, his time in the Air Force proved to be life changing, and he shared it May 15 at Club Five Six during a Focus 56 meeting. Bergbower was born May 11, 1920, in Newton, Ill. He joined the Army Air Corps May 12, 1939. One year later, he went to school at Chanute Field, Illinois, and became an air mechanic. In January 1940, he volunteered to go to the Philippine Islands. Bergbower stayed there for a year and a half. Everything was good until Dec. 8, 1941. “We just got word that Pearl Harbor was bombed,” he said. “We also heard that Clark Field had been bombed as well, but we were on Clark Field at the time, so we thought it was a joke.” No more than 10 minutes after hearing the statements on the radio, Bergbower saw Japanese bombers fly over Clark Field and
drop bombs. “The first few bombs dropped and then it was silent,” Bergbower said. “Seconds later came the impact, and I was hit. I remember waking up in the morgue at Fort Stotsenburg about 80 km north of Manila. I crawled out of the morgue, went back to my squadron and went back to duty.” After the incident in Clark Field, Bergbower fought with Troop B of the 26th Cavalry Regiment for about two-and-ahalf months because his original squadron was miles away from where he was. “The food was so scarce that we used the horses and mules that we rode on for food,” Bergbower said. Bergbower found out that his squadron was at Mindanao. With the help of the 26th Cavalry Regiment, he was able to rejoin his original squadron. Engaged by the Japanese, they fought with all their might but had to surrender. Japanese soldiers took them to a prison camp called Malaybalay, which was in the northern part of Mindanao. They were there for about three months and then transferred to Davao Penal Colony, where they were forced to farm. “We raised rice and learned how to use a caribou to plow in the fields and paddies,” he said.
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Retired Chief Master Sgt. Harold Bergbower, 26th Cavalry Regiment air mechanic, is assisted by Debra Bergbower, his daughter, during a visit to Focus 56 as guest speaker May 15 at Luke Air Force Base. Bergbower spoke about his time in the Army Air Corps and Air Force, and his experience during World War II as a prisoner of war.
Bergbower and other prisoners farmed the fields of Davao Penal Colony for about four months until the Japanese soldiers decided to throw them on a “hell ship” and send them to Japan to work as slave laborers. “They packed us in that ship from shoulder to shoulder, front to back,” he said. “You couldn’t even sit down. The ship ride was all a blur. I don’t remember anything until we landed in Japan, and that’s when everything came together.” The unit was dropped at a
warehouse to be hosed off. The Japanese took them to a steel mill where they worked until the war ended. “The way we found out the war had ended was when people with the Red Cross came into our camp and said, ‘The war is over. We have entered the atomic age,” he said. “The atomic bomb had been dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Japanese surrendered.” The U.S. won the war and the American prisoners were set free.
Bergbower and his crew were sent to Tokyo on a hospital ship called The Rescue where they received treatment, hot meals and new clothes. The unit was able to send a telegram home. It went to a telegraph service in Canada where it was then delivered to his parents’ house by regular mail. “My mother had received a letter and a telegram from the president about the death of her son Dec. 8, 1941,” he said. “It’s September 1945, and she gets this telegram saying that I’m alive. Of course she went into shock, but the doctor took care of her.” Bergbower, who now lives in Peoria, came back to the states in October 1945. He took the train from San Francisco to Galesburg, Illinois, to Letterman General Hospital and from there he called his parents. He was released from the hospital and went back to his parent’s home in Decatur. “It was an honor to have Chief Master Sgt. Bergbower as a special guest for our Focus 56 meeting,” said Staff Sgt. Arlene Gutierrez, 56th Security Forces Squadron secretary. “Hopefully, attendees who were at the meeting will pass on this incredible story to young Airmen and use it as motivation to succeed in their Air Force career.”
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Arizona State University leads the best schools in the country for online veteran degree programs, according to a U.S. News & World Report released today. ASU ranked first in the nation for online master’s degree programs for veterans in business and engineering, according to the 2014 Best Online Programs for Veterans rankings by U.S. News. Additionally, ASU’s online bachelor’s degree programs for veterans ranked third nationally, and its online master’s programs for veterans in education and nursing placed seventh and 13th, respectively, according to the U.S. News study. ASU continues to be lauded for its work with veterans, having been named a “Military Friendly School” by G.I. Jobs magazine in 2014 for the fifth consecutive year. In its Best for Vets: College 2014 rankings, Military Times magazine named ASU one of the top 50 colleges in the country. ASU also ranks among the nation’s first higher education institutions to embrace “8 Keys to Success” – federal
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'Honoring Our Fallen Heroes' 4th Annual Memorial Day Ride By BETTE SHARPE GLENDALE DAILY PLANET SPECIAL TO FIGHTER COUNTRY PARTNERSHIP May 24 was the day for the largest “escorted ride” in Arizona and honored men and women who gave everything. As one flag said, “All gave something, some gave all.” The 4th Annual Memorial Day Ride (motorcycles) began at Sanderson Ford in Glendale at 10 a.m. with a program and presentations of checks to two charities, Soldiers’ Best Friend and Veterans First. Last year, $5,500 was raised. The National Anthem was performed by Timothy Arney, Purple Heart recipient and combat veteran of the 82nd Airborne Division. Members of the audience joined Arney in singing the National Anthem when he could not hold back the tears. The opening ceremony included the Missing Man formation by the Warbirds
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Between 300 and 400 bikers gathered at Sanderson Ford in Glendale May 24 for the 4th Annual Memorial Day Ride.
Rat Squadron. After the ceremony, the 300 to 400 riders headed west. The route for the ride included a stop at the National Memorial Cemetery on North Cave Creek Road, and would end at Westgate Entertainment District with a party about 3 p.m. Event sponsors included, Sanderson Ford and Sanderson Lincoln, Westgate Entertainment District, Walmart, Law Tigers Pawn 1st, Indian & Victory of Scottsdale, Atlantic
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Donate to the men and women of Luke If you would like to make a tax deductible donation directly to the men and women of Luke Air Force Base, you may contribute to the Fighter Country Foundation. The Fighter Country Foundation is a 501(C)3 organized to honor, serve and support the men and women of Luke Air Force Base with programs designed to aid, educate and integrate them for the duration of their stay in our community. Please make your check payable to Fighter Country Foundation and mail it to Fighter Country Partnership, 500 N. Estrella Parkway, Suite B-2, PMB #479, Goodyear, Arizona 85338.
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